[haiku-development] Re: R1/a4 initial planning

  • From: Rimas Kudelis <rq@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:14:19 +0200

2012.02.24 15:28, Ingo Weinhold rašė:
On 2012-02-24 at 10:44:42 [+0100], Julian Harnath
<julian.harnath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
Ingo Weinhold<ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>  schrieb:
AFAIK Haiku would remain unique, since there isn't any other OS with
Qt as the primary API.
Yes, but Haiku would also give up its autonomy on API decisions.
Wherever Qt goes, Haiku will have to follow.. except Haiku would want
to fork Qt. So if Qt one day decides to go into a direction which
contradicts Haiku's design ideas, Haiku would have to adapt or fork.
Yep, that's the tradeoff: You get development for free, but lose your full
control over it.

OTOH, Qt is now a community-driven project. If Haiku were to adopt Qt as its main API, it would likely become a part of that community, and its voice would likely be listened to.

Right?
Rimas


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